Index: lib/Transforms/Scalar/MergedLoadStoreMotion.cpp
===================================================================
--- lib/Transforms/Scalar/MergedLoadStoreMotion.cpp
+++ lib/Transforms/Scalar/MergedLoadStoreMotion.cpp
@@ -83,6 +83,7 @@
 #include "llvm/Analysis/ValueTracking.h"
 #include "llvm/IR/Metadata.h"
 #include "llvm/Support/Debug.h"
+#include "llvm/Support/DebugCounter.h"
 #include "llvm/Support/raw_ostream.h"
 #include "llvm/Transforms/Scalar.h"
 #include "llvm/Transforms/Utils/BasicBlockUtils.h"
@@ -91,6 +92,9 @@
 
 #define DEBUG_TYPE "mldst-motion"
 
+DEBUG_COUNTER(MLDSTCounter, "mldst-motion-transform",
+              "Controls which instructions to sink.");
+
 namespace {
 //===----------------------------------------------------------------------===//
 //                         MergedLoadStoreMotion Pass
@@ -229,6 +233,10 @@
   if (A0 && A1 && A0->isIdenticalTo(A1) && A0->hasOneUse() &&
       (A0->getParent() == S0->getParent()) && A1->hasOneUse() &&
       (A1->getParent() == S1->getParent()) && isa<GetElementPtrInst>(A0)) {
+
+    if (!DebugCounter::shouldExecute(MLDSTCounter))
+      return false;
+
     LLVM_DEBUG(dbgs() << "Sink Instruction into BB \n"; BB->dump();
                dbgs() << "Instruction Left\n"; S0->dump(); dbgs() << "\n";
                dbgs() << "Instruction Right\n"; S1->dump(); dbgs() << "\n");
Index: test/Other/debugcounter-instmerge.ll
===================================================================
--- /dev/null
+++ test/Other/debugcounter-instmerge.ll
@@ -0,0 +1,122 @@
+; REQUIRES: asserts
+; RUN: opt -debug-counter=mldst-motion-transform-skip=1,mldst-motion-transform-count=1 \
+; RUN:     -basicaa -memdep -mldst-motion -S < %s | FileCheck %s
+;; Test that, with debug counters on, we only optimize the second sink opportunity.
+target datalayout = "e-m:o-i64:64-i128:128-n32:64-S128"
+
+%struct.node = type { i32, %struct.node*, %struct.node*, %struct.node*, i32, i32, i32, i32 }
+
+; Function Attrs: nounwind uwtable
+define void @sink_store1(%struct.node* nocapture %r, i32 %index) {
+entry:
+  %node.0.in16 = getelementptr inbounds %struct.node, %struct.node* %r, i64 0, i32 2
+  %node.017 = load %struct.node*, %struct.node** %node.0.in16, align 8
+  %index.addr = alloca i32, align 4
+  store i32 %index, i32* %index.addr, align 4
+  %0 = load i32, i32* %index.addr, align 4
+  %cmp = icmp slt i32 %0, 0
+  br i1 %cmp, label %if.then, label %if.else
+
+; CHECK: if.then
+if.then:                                          ; preds = %entry
+  %1 = load i32, i32* %index.addr, align 4
+  %p1 = getelementptr inbounds %struct.node, %struct.node* %node.017, i32 0, i32 6
+  ; CHECK: store i32
+  store i32 %1, i32* %p1, align 4
+  br label %if.end
+
+; CHECK: if.else
+if.else:                                          ; preds = %entry
+  %2 = load i32, i32* %index.addr, align 4
+  %add = add nsw i32 %2, 1
+  %p2 = getelementptr inbounds %struct.node, %struct.node* %node.017, i32 0, i32 6
+  ; CHECK: store i32
+  store i32 %add, i32* %p2, align 4
+  %p3 = getelementptr inbounds %struct.node, %struct.node* %node.017, i32 5, i32 6
+  ; CHECK: store i32
+  store i32 %add, i32* %p3, align 4  			  ; This is not a barrier
+  br label %if.end
+
+; CHECK: if.end
+if.end:                                           ; preds = %if.else, %if.then
+; CHECK-NOT: store
+  ret void
+}
+
+; CHECK-LABEL: sink_store2
+define void @sink_store2(%struct.node* nocapture %r, i32 %index) {
+entry:
+  %node.0.in16 = getelementptr inbounds %struct.node, %struct.node* %r, i64 0, i32 2
+  %node.017 = load %struct.node*, %struct.node** %node.0.in16, align 8
+  %index.addr = alloca i32, align 4
+  ; CHECK: store i32
+  store i32 %index, i32* %index.addr, align 4
+  %0 = load i32, i32* %index.addr, align 4
+  %cmp = icmp slt i32 %0, 0
+  br i1 %cmp, label %if.then, label %if.else
+
+; CHECK: if.then
+if.then:                                          ; preds = %entry
+  %1 = load i32, i32* %index.addr, align 4
+  %p1 = getelementptr inbounds %struct.node, %struct.node* %node.017, i32 0, i32 6
+  ; CHECK-NOT: store i32
+  store i32 %1, i32* %p1, align 4
+  %p2 = getelementptr inbounds %struct.node, %struct.node* %node.017, i32 5, i32 6
+  ; CHECK: load i32, i32*
+  %not_barrier = load i32 , i32 * %p2, align 4
+  br label %if.end
+
+; CHECK: if.else
+if.else:                                          ; preds = %entry
+  %2 = load i32, i32* %index.addr, align 4
+  %add = add nsw i32 %2, 1
+  %p3 = getelementptr inbounds %struct.node, %struct.node* %node.017, i32 0, i32 6
+  ; CHECK-NOT: store i32
+  store i32 %add, i32* %p3, align 4
+  br label %if.end
+
+; CHECK: if.end
+if.end:                                           ; preds = %if.else, %if.then
+; CHECK: store
+  ret void
+}
+
+; CHECK-LABEL: sink_store3
+define void @sink_store3(%struct.node* nocapture %r, i32 %index) {
+entry:
+  %node.0.in16 = getelementptr inbounds %struct.node, %struct.node* %r, i64 0, i32 2
+  %node.017 = load %struct.node*, %struct.node** %node.0.in16, align 8
+  %index.addr = alloca i32, align 4
+  store i32 %index, i32* %index.addr, align 4
+  %0 = load i32, i32* %index.addr, align 4
+  %cmp = icmp slt i32 %0, 0
+  br i1 %cmp, label %if.then, label %if.else
+
+; CHECK: if.then
+if.then:                                          ; preds = %entry
+  %1 = load i32, i32* %index.addr, align 4
+  %p1 = getelementptr inbounds %struct.node, %struct.node* %node.017, i32 0, i32 6
+  ; CHECK: store i32
+  store i32 %1, i32* %p1, align 4
+  %p2 = getelementptr inbounds %struct.node, %struct.node* %node.017, i32 4, i32 6
+  ; CHECK: store i32
+  store i32 %1, i32* %p2, align 4
+  br label %if.end
+
+; CHECK: if.else
+if.else:                                          ; preds = %entry
+  %2 = load i32, i32* %index.addr, align 4
+  %add = add nsw i32 %2, 1
+  %p3 = getelementptr inbounds %struct.node, %struct.node* %node.017, i32 0, i32 6
+  ; CHECK: store i32
+  store i32 %add, i32* %p3, align 4
+  %p4 = getelementptr inbounds %struct.node, %struct.node* %node.017, i32 4, i32 6
+  ; CHECK: store i32
+  store i32 %2, i32* %p4, align 4
+  br label %if.end
+
+; CHECK: if.end
+if.end:                                           ; preds = %if.else, %if.then
+; CHECK-NOT: store
+  ret void
+}